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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Netrebko, Beczala. Metropolitan Opera, Armiliato [Blu-ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-06-18

Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Garanca, Brownlee, Alberghini, Corbelli, Relyea. Metropolitan Opera, Benini [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-06-18

Conductors: Benin, Maurizio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Released in 2010 on DVD and has shipped nearly 13.000 units now also available on Blu-Ray.

The Blu-Ray was recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera

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Run Time: 161 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS-HD 5.1,
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Prokofiev: The Gambler / Sergei Aleksashkin, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Larisa Dyadkova. Mariinsky Orchestra, Gergiev [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Mariinsky / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Orchestra

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Fleming, Koch, Archibald. Staatskapelle Dresden, Thielemann [Blu-ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2013-06-04

Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden

Filmed live in Baden- Baden by the veteran director Brian Large, Renee Fleming makes her debut in the role of Ariadne together with fellow keys...continue...

Pergolesi: Lo Frate 'nnamorato / Alaimo, Belfiore, Biccire, Adamonyte. Europa Galante, Biondi [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-05-28

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Lo frate 'nnamorato, opera
Performers: Adamonyte, Jurgita; Alaimo, Nocola; Belfiore, Elena; Biccire, Patrizia
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio
Ensemble: Europa Galante

Set in the 1950s, this production features an outstanding cast of singers that further present first-class acting skills that drive a line between quintessence and...continue...
Run Time: 160 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Opolais, Belkina, Rucinski, Korchak, Groissbock. Comunitat Valenciana, Wellber [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2013-05-28

Conductors: Welber, Omer Meir
Ensemble: Chorus of the Comunitat Valenciana; Orchestra of the Comunitat Valenciana

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Meli, Stoyanov, Lewis, Fiorillo, Gamberoni. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Gelmetti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-05-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Fiorillo, Elisabetta; Gamberoni, Serena; Lewis, Kristin; Meli, Francesco; Stoyanov, Vladimir
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

In 1792 King Gustavus III of Sweden was shot at a masked ball, and this was the starting point for Verdi's Un ballo in maschera....continue...
Run Time: 149 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Jap...continue...

Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Theodossiou, Stoyanov, Machado, Pentcheva, Scandiuzzi, Lepore. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Gelmetti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-05-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Lepore, Carlo; Machado, Aquiles; Pentcheva, Mariana; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Stoyanov, Vladimir; Theodossiou, Dimitra
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

For La forza del destino, Verdi created one of his most famous melodies, the "fate" motif that permeates the whole score. Music and action alternate...continue...
Run Time: 189 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Jap...continue...

Mariss Jansons Conducts Beethoven and Strauss / Mitsuko Uchida, piano. Bavarian Radio SO. Jansons [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-05-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Performers: Barachovsky, Anton; Uchida, Mitsuko
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks

This performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks stars the distinguished pianist Mitsuko Uchida, who is known the world...continue...
Run Time: 90 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
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Verdi: Don Carlo / Prestia, Malagnini, Piazzola, Montanaro, Costea, Pozniak. Coro Lirico Amadeus, Orchestra Regionale Dell'Emilia-Romagna. Fabrizio Ventura [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-05-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Costea, Cellia; Malagnini, Mario; Montanaro, Luciano; Piazzola, Simone; Pozniak, Alla; Prestia, Giacomo
Conductors: Ventura, Fabrizio
Ensemble: Coro Lirico Amadeus; Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena; Orchestra Regionale Dell'Emilia-Romagna

Based on Schiller's play of the same name, Don Carlos was written for the Paris Opera between 1865 and 1867 in the tradition of a...continue...
Run Time: 184 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Jap...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 4; Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande. Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Abbado, Banse [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-05-28

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande, symphonic poem, Op. 5; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Banse, Juliane
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra

Previously released on DVD only, this Blu-ray disc features the performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 4 and Schoenberg's Pelleas and Melisande by one of the...continue...
Run Time: 113 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Stravinsky: Firebird, Rite of Spring; Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun / Orchestre de Paris, Jarvi [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Electric Pictures Company / 2013-05-28

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Firebird; Le sacre du printemps; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86
Conductors: Jarvi, Neeme
Ensemble: Orchestre de Paris

Conducted by Grammy award-winning Paavo Jaarvi, the Orchestre de Paris exquisitely performs three magnificent pieces of music....continue...
Run Time: 74 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
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Janacek: Cunning Little Vixen / Crowe, Bell, Leiferkus. Glyndebourne Chorus, London PO, Jurowski [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-05-28

Works: Leos Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
Performers: Bell, Emma; Crowe, Lucy; Leiferkus, Sergei; Rigby, Jean; Spicková, Lucie; Thompson, Adrian
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic

Melly Still's production for Glyndebourne finds the "delicate balance between whimsy and mysticism" (Daily Telegraph) at the heart of the opera, which Vladimir Jurowski conducts...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 / Mattila, Urmana, Moser, Schulte, Swedish Radio Choir. Abbado, Berlin PO [4 Blu-Ray]

4 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-05-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Mattila, Karita; Moser, Thomas; Schulte, Eike Wilm; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic; Eric Ericson Chamber Choir; Swedish Radio Choir

In February 2001 the Berliner Philharmoniker and Claudio Abbado were guests at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome presenting all nine Beethoven symphonies....continue...
Run Time: 413 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Britten: Peter Grimes / Graham-Hall, Gritton, Purves, Palmer, Wyn-Rogers. Teatro alla Scalla, Ticciati [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-05-28

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Performers: Gillett, Christoper [Vocals]; Gritton, Susan; Hoare, Peter; Malvuccio, Francesco; Mihai, Simona; Okulitch, Daniel; Palmer, Felicity; Purves, Christopher; Winland, Ida Falk; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Ticciati, Robin
Ensemble: Coro del Teatro alla Scalla; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scalla

The Italian and international press were unanimous in their praise for Peter Grimes at La Scala, which revived the tradition of Britten’s operas on the...continue...
Run Time: 168 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Petersen, Kulman, Guera, Finlay. Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-05-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Finley, Gerald; Gura, Werner; Kulman, Elisabeth; Petersen, Marlis
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

With this majestic performance of Beethoven's Miss solemnis, Harnoncourt once again demonstrates why he is ranked one of the very few truly significant musicians of...continue...
Run Time: 99 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japa...continue...

Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda / Kalmandi, Theodossiou, Monaco, Roy, Mauro, Marletta. Brockhaus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Dynamic / 2013-05-28

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera
Performers: Brockhaus, Henning Hermann; Kalmandi, Michele; Marletta, Alfio; Mauro, Michele; Monaco, José Maria lo; Pirolli, Antonio; Roy, Alejandro; Theodossiou, Dimitra
Conductors: Brockhaus, Pirolli
Ensemble: Teatro Massimo Bellini Chorus; Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra

World premiere on Bluray! Beatrice di Tenda is a tragic opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini. In Beatrice very diverse elements coexist: there are...continue...
Run Time: 161 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Ita...continue...

Verdi: Attila / Abdrazakov, Markarova, Sulimsky, Shorokhodov. Mariinsky Orchestra, Gergiev [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Mariinsky / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Orchestra

O'Riley's Liszt - Transcriptions for piano solo of Symphonie Fantastique; Prelude & Liebestod et al. / Christopher O'Riley, piano

1 Blu-Ray Video / Oxingale Productions / 2013-05-07

Pianist Christopher O'Riley's virtuosity, showmanship and iconoclast status make him the Franz Liszt of our time. In O'Riley's Liszt, Chris delves into the transcriptions of...continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Kupfer, Putsch, Mayer, Jentjens. Marcus Bosch [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Coviello / 2013-05-03

Conductors: Bosch, Marcus
Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonic Nurnberg

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Renée Fleming, Gerald Finley, Stephen Medcalf. Bernard Haitink [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra

Verdi: La Traviata / Vassileva, Giordano, Stoyanov, Pini, Trevisan, Floris. Yuri Temirkanov [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Franci, Francesca; Nikolic, Katarina; Nucci, Leo; Siwek, Rafal; Surian, Giorgio; Villari, Angelo
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

La traviata is Verdi's most popular opera and one of the best-loved of all stage works. Romance, tragedy and unforgettable tunes - it has it...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Solti Centenary Concert - works by Mozart, Verdi Mahler, Strauss, Bartok / Angela Gheorghiu; René Pape. Valery Gergiev [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; John Philip Sousa: Stars...
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: World Orchestra for Peace

The Solti Centenary Concert in Chicago celebrated Sir Georg Solti's 100th birthday on October 21, 2012, featuring the World Orchestra for Peace (WOP). Charmingly hosted...continue...
Run Time: 133 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, French
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Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani / Leo Nucci, Fabio Armiliato, Giacomo Prestia, Daniela Dessi. Massimo Zanetti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Armiliato, Fabio; Battiato, Alessandro; Dessi, Daniela; Mastroni, Andrea; Nucci, Leo; Prestia, Giacomo; Russo, Dario; Virgili, Roberto Jachini
Conductors: Zanetti, Massimo
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

Not until 1855 did Verdi have a chance to try his hand at French grand opera. A setting of a libretto by Eugene Scribe, Les...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, ...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Leo Nucci, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Simone Piazzola, Tamar Iveri, Francesco Meli. Daniele Callegari [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Casalin, Luca; Iveri, Tamar; Kharachko, Olena; Meli, Francesco; Nucci, Leo; Piazzola, Simone; Scandiuzzi, Roberto
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chrous; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

None of Verdi's operas were subjected to as radical revisions as Simon Boccanegra. The initial 1857 version was not a success, so in 1880/81 Verdi...continue...
Run Time: 148 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Peter von Winter: Das Labyrinth, part II of The Magic Flute / Fischesser, Novikova, Hartelius, Schade. Ivor Bolton [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Mozarteumorchester Salzburg; Slzburger Bachchor

We're all familiar with Mozart's Magic Flute to the libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. However, it's not widely known that Schikaneder wrote a sequel to the...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japa...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 / Franz Welser-Most, Cleveland Orch. [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
Conductors: Welser-Most, Franz
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra

When it comes to shaping a musical event for the ears and the eyes, the monumental majesty of Anton Bruckner's symphonies and the exhilarating vibrancy...continue...
Run Time: 74 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
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Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Chopin: Piano Concerto no 2; Berlioz, Roussel, Ravel, Gluck [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2013-04-30

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, piano transcription Giovanni Sgambati;...
Performers: Freire, Nelson
Conductors: Bringuier, Lionel
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

On this brilliant recording leading Chopin interpreter Nelson Freire delivers a deft, impeccable performance of Chopin's lyrical Second Piano Concerto. On the podium the young...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots / Denning, Peacock, Leech, Welker, Capasso, Blasius. Deutsche Opera Berlin [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Performers: Blasius, Martin; Denning, Angela; Leech, Richard; Peacock, Lucy; Welker, Hartmut
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan
Ensemble: Deutsche Opera Berlin Orchestra

The grand opera Les Huguenots was one of the greatest operatic successes if the 19th century, and its creator was the foremost composer of his...continue...
Run Time: 156 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Span...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Christina Landshamer, soprano; Riccardo Chailly [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Accentus / 2013-04-30

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Landshamer, Christina
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Gewandhausorchestra Leipzig

"The greatest mix of colors that ever existed" was Mahler's description of the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra transformed...continue...
Run Time: 61 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet / Bonelli, Cuthbertson, Campbell, Gartside, Trzensimiech, Rihristov. Barry Wordsworth [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Bonelli, Federico; Campbell, Alexander; Cuthbertson, Laura; Gartside, Bennet; Hristov, Valeri; Trzensimiech, Dawid
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become one of the Royal Ballet's signature works. Although the company has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times each...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italia...continue...

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4 "Romantic" & 7 / Christian Thielemann, Munich PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Christian Thielemann is widely regarded as the leading Brucknerian of our age, and his performances with the Munich Philharmonic, of which he has been music...continue...
Run Time: 156 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1
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Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 "Spring"; Documentary "La Spira Mirabilis" by Gérald Cailiat [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-04-30

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38

Spira Mirabilis is a new project drawing together some of Europe's finest young players and offers a radical new approach to classical music. Mostly in...continue...
Run Time: 131 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Holst - Universe of Sound: The Planets / Philharmonia Orchestra, Salonen - A unique performance captured by 37 cameras [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Signum Records / 2013-04-25

Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a unique performance of Holst's The Planets Suite, captured in High Definition by 37 cameras. This immersive experience...continue...

Verdi: La forza del destino / Urmana, Guelfi, Giordani, Gertseva, Scandiuzzi. Zubin Mehta [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Dal Monte, Duccio; De Simone, Bruno; Gertseva, Julia; Giordani, Marcello; Guelfi, Carlo; Luongo, Alessandro; Polinelli, Filippo; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Trevisan, Antonella; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chorus; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra

La forza del destino was originally set in 18th century Spain, however Nicolas Joël establishes the action in a slightly later period, in the time...continue...
Run Time: 189 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 7.1, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Ger...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Demuro, Nucci, Machaidze, Spotti, Iranyi. Massimo Zanetti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Buffoli, Mauro; Cristiano, Scilla; Demuro, Francesco; Iranyi, Stefanie; Machaidze, Nino; Mori, Orazio; Nikolic, Katarina; Nucci, Leo; Spotti, Marco; Tagliavini, Roberto; Tisi, Ezio Maria
Conductors: Zanetti, Massimo
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

For Verdi, Victor Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse was "arguably the greatest drama of the present day." However many of his contemporaries were appalled by...continue...
Run Time: 141 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanis...continue...

Pergolesi: L'Olimpiade / Gimenéz, Petrova, Yetzabel, Fernandez, Rivera, Regalis, De Marchi, Nunziata [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: L'olimpiade, opera in 3 acts
Performers: Fernandez, Yetzabel Arias; Giménez, Raúl; Lozano, Antonio; Petrova, Lyubov; Rivera, Jennifer; Soloviy, Sofia; Storti, Milena
Conductors: De Marchi, Alessandro
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis

With Olimpiade the famous poet Metastasio created one of the most popular librettos of the 18th century. It was set to music by over 60...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean...continue...

Verdi: Il Travatore / Sgura, Romano, Nioradze, Alvarez. Yuri Temirkanov [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Giannelli, Cristina; Nioradze, Mzia; Paek, Seung Hwa; Rinaldo, Enrico; Romano, Teresa; Sgura, Claudio; Vatchkov, Deyan; Virgili, Roberto Jachini
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

Love and revenge are fatally interwoven in Il trovatore, and barely any character survives the somber action. Based on a Spanish play in the tradition...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Handel: Theodora Upshaw, Daniels, Olsen, Croft, Hunt-Lieberson. William Christie, Glyndebourne Festival [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra

In this Glyndebourne production, radical American director Peter Sellar takes George Frideric Handel's penultimate English oratorio - a tale of self-sacrificial love between a Christian...continue...

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Padmore, Harvey, Danz,Gijisbertsen, Neven. Ivan Fischer [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Arends, Renate; Danz, Ingeborg; Espada, Maria; Gijsbertsen, Peter; Harvey, Peter; Kozelj, Barbara; Neven, Henk; Padmore, Mark
Conductors: Fischer, Ivan
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Choir; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

This 2012 recording of the most wide spread oratorio by J.S. Bach features Hungarian conductor Iván Fischer with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. Fischer's...continue...
Run Time: 174 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide (Iphigenie en Tauride) / Véronique Gens, Salomé Haller, Nicolas Testé, Anne Sofie von Otter [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-03-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide
Performers: Alvaro, Laurent; Antoun, Frédéric; Cornet, Martijn; Gens, Veronique; Haller, Salome; Helmer, Christian; Testé, Nicolas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Louvre Grenoble; Netherland Opera Chorus

Two late and baleful tragedies by Euripides focus on the ill-starred daughter of Agamemnon. In Aulis, the drama of Iphigenia rages until she is spared....continue...
Run Time: 267 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch
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Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Baker, Carby, Hemm, Fyfe, Pearson. Australian Opera [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Opera Australia / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Litton, Andrew; Fitzgerald, Brian
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Opera Chorus

Der Rosenkavalier, the most successful opera of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's partnership, is a story of love, lust and human frailty. With all...continue...
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Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Haydn: Orlando Paladino / Petersen, Randle, Torres, Spagnoli, Staveland, Im, Kataja, Pendatchanska. René Jacobs [Blu-Ray}

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Freiburger Barockorchester

Orlando Paladino, written in 1782, was Haydn's most famous opera during his lifetime, with thirty performances in Esterháza in the first two years after its...continue...
Run Time: 168 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian
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Verdi: Stiffelio / Aronica, Guanqun, Frontali, Gabriele, Mangione. Andrea Battistoni [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Stiffelio
Performers: Andguladze, George; Aronica, Roberto; Frontali, Roberto; Guanqun, Yu; Mangione, Gabriele; Solis, Lorelay; Vassallo, Cosimo
Conductors: Battistoni, Andrea
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Coro; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

When the wife of a Protestant preacher is an adulterer, problems are inevitable from the outset of Verdi's Stiffelio. Even today the finale seems astonishingly...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish,...continue...